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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8156980 | Sidewall protector ribs A pneumatic tire for use with telescopic material handlers includes a first concentrically continuous sidewall protector rib projecting axially outward from the sidewall and located above a midpoint of the sidewall. A second non-continuous sidewall protector rib is ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8006732 | Pneumatic tire with sidewall decorative band A tire 10 has an endless decorative band 2 on a surface of a sidewall 1. The decorative band 2 has one or more first indicative sector 3 and one or more second indicative sector 4 which are arranged alternately and consecuti... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7665496 | Pneumatic tire On a region of a ring-shaped continuous decorative portion 15 formed of tops and bottoms in cross-section, protruding portions 17 higher than the decorative portion 15 and having a predetermined surface area are provided. A joined portion of the... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7490647 | Pneumatic tire A pneumatic tire provided with a plural of non-linear ridges 11 in a side wall region, wherein ridges 11 are composed of two or more non-linear ridge groups with different shapes and at least one ridge extends from a rim line R to H 80 which is ... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7464739 | Pneumatic tire The pneumatic tire 1 is provided with a land part 4 in a sidewall region S of a tire and a plurality of marks 11 protruding from a side wall surface, wherein at least one of the marks 11 partially overlaps with the land part 4 and ... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7409975 | Apparatus for enhancing light reflective properties of tire sidewalls An apparatus for enhancing the light reflective properties of a sidewall of a pneumatic tire. The tire may include a pair of sidewalls radially extending from a central axis of rotation of the tire. The sidewalls may include an inner diameter and an outer diameter d... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7398810 | Tire having an element or covering attached to a surface thereof A tire is provided, on a surface thereof, an applicaiton having a top layer exposed to the air and a bottom layer in contact with the tire. The top layer can be a rigid element and/or a marking covering, or a device for measuring or monitoring the tire. The bottom l... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7387144 | Tire having a textured marking and method of making same A tire is provided with at least one textured marking on an outer surface of a sidewall of the tire. The at least one textured marking includes crumb rubber adhered to the sidewall of the tire. ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7350552 | Directional tread having incisions of varying inclination A tread (1) for steer axle tires for a heavy vehicle, the tire having a preferred direction of travel, the tread comprising grooves (2) of generally circumferential orientation defining at least three ribs (30, 31, 32, 33, 34), two of the ribs f... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7302868 | Method for measuring forces acted upon tire and apparatus for measuring forces acted upon tire There is provided an apparatus for measuring forces acted upon a tire in which a radial force and a peripheral force acting to the tire, which are required for the high precision measurement of a friction coefficient on a road surface, are simply measured in a high ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7281557 | Extended mobility tire with undulating sidewalls A tire includes at least one carcass-type reinforcement structure anchored on each side in a bead, each bead being extended radially towards the outside by a sidewall having at least one substantially resilient circumferential cord disposed in the substantially medi... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7278458 | Tire with a reinforced sidewall and fabrication process A tire designed to be mounted on a mounting rim J of maximum diameter Dc the type comprising beads designed to cooperate with seats of the mounting rim, the beads comprising at least one annular bead reinforcement structure; a crown comprising a reinforce... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7278369 | Temperature indicator using thermochromic materials A temperature indicator for a rubber article comprises a thermochromic material, wherein the thermochromic material is a component of a rubber article selected from the group consisting of tires, belts and hoses. A rubber article containing a temperature indicator i... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7275575 | Tire with extended flange seat Disclosed are improved wheels and tires for simulating the appearance of larger-diameter wheels mounted within low-profile tires. The improved tires are intended to be mounted on wheels with an extended outer flange. An embodiment of the tire comprises an outboard t... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7275573 | Radial passenger tire with improved tread contour A pneumatic radial ply passenger tire (10) having a tread (20), a casing with two sidewalls (14, 16), one or more radial plies (18) extending from and wrapped about two annular beads (13) and a belt reinforcement structure (15 | 10/02/2007 |
| 7261785 | Process and mold for depositing a colored motif on a tire A process of depositing at least one uncured colored rubber mix forming a contrasting motif on an outer surface of a tire includes preparing a blank of the uncured tire to be moulded, including all the constituents except for the colored rubber mix(es), depositing t... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7255762 | Camouflage tire The present invention is directed to a camouflage tire suitable for use in various vehicle use environments wherein it is desirable to reduce or eliminate a viewer's visual perception of the tire against the given environmental background. ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7232498 | Tire with raised indicia The present invention provides a pneumatic tire comprising raised indicia on a sidewall of the tire, the raised indicia comprising a plurality of superposed layers of a curable elastomer composition. ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7204284 | Tire comprising a colored design and process for obtaining it Tire made of a rubber-based material of black color comprising at least one design on an outer surface of the said tire, the material being a diene elastomer or rubber, the design having on its outer surface at least one light diffraction grating formed of a plurali... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7185532 | Tire status detection system and method A system and method for detecting changes in tire status in real time, e.g., changes in tire pressure or changes that might indicate an imminent tread separation or other failure, using magnetic sidewall torsion (SWT) signatures for tires. A measured magnetic signat... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7182408 | Free spinning rim for motorcycles A free spinning rim assembly is provided which is mountable to a first and second face of a motorcycle wheel including an axle shaft through its axis of rotation. The spinning rim assembly includes a spinner, which rotates about and is positioned circumspect the axl... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7171848 | Tire status detection system and method A system and method for detecting changes in tire status in real time, e.g., changes in tire pressure or changes that might indicate an imminent tread separation or other failure, using magnetic sidewall torsion (SWT) signatures for tires. A measured magnetic signat... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7156936 | Camouflage or otherwise multicolored pattern tire and method of manufacturing A tire 2 having a colored pattern veneered surface 12 formed by one or more layers 46 of distinct colors applied to the outer surface of the tire 2 on the sidewall 5 and possibly the tread 7 is disclosed as well as the metho... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7147026 | Vehicle tire A tire comprises a sidewall provided with a mark region for displaying at least one mark including at least one of a sold mark and an outline mark, the mark region is provided with serration made up of serration slots and ridges which are drawn up in lines, the mark... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7131477 | Bead lock A bead lock including an insert casing and a bead spacer for providing an air passageway in a vehicle tire to be mounted on a wheel rim on which is located an insert valve and a rim lip for retention of the vehicle tire bead, the insert casing including an insert be... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7112251 | Glow-in-the-dark tire sidewalls The present invention relates to a tire having a portion thereof such as a sidewall component that glows-in-the-dark due to the presence of a phosphorescent layer thereon. The present invention also relates to a tire having, and to a process for incorporating, a pho... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7108761 | Tire and method of securing an object thereto A tire and a method of securing an object thereto includes a two-piece fastening system having a first portion which is applied to an innerliner of a green tire prior to the green tire being cured and a second portion which includes an object, such as a radio freque... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7093630 | Heavy duty radial tire A heavy duty radial tire which is provided with traverse grooves extending between the tread edges and longitudinal grooves extending between the traverse grooves so as to form shoulder blocks arranged along each of the tread edges and inner blocks each disposed on ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7083695 | Tires with non-black tread grooves A pneumatic tire comprising a black colored tread with at least one colored groove wherein the top surface of the tread designed to be ground-contacting is essentially free of non-black color. A non-black component is placed over the tread strip and covered with a t... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7079042 | System for providing illuminated displays on a vehicle tire or wheel assembly A system for providing illuminated displays on a vehicle or wheel assembly includes one or more tire marking devices for integration with tire sidewalls or vehicle wheels. Such tire marking devices may include a plurality of point lights sources (such as LEDs or OLE... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7048022 | Tire tread with anti-puncture pads A pneumatic tire has a tread designed primarily for off-road activities, comprising large lugs. The tread can be defined as having a central tread width that is divided into a central tread zone and opposing lateral tread zones. The tire also has shoulder regions ex... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7025102 | Pneumatic tire A pneumatic tire which comprises a tread portion, a pair of bead portions adapted to a wheel rim, a pair of sidewall portions therebetween, at least one of the sidewall portions provided with an axially protruding rim protector, the rim protector extending continuou... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7001051 | Human powered vehicle safety lighting structures A plurality of lighting structures is provided for enhancing the visibility of a human powered vehicle at night. The visibility enhanced human powered vehicle has a frame with attached wheels having tires including sidewalls. The safety lighting structures include a... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6991015 | Pneumatic tire having non-symmetric pattern A pneumatic tire having a non-symmetric pattern in which a land ratio Lo of an outer tread surface portion To facing towards the outside of a vehicle from a tire equator C is set to be larger than a Land ratio Li of an inner tread surface pattern Ti facing towards t... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6983911 | Aviation tire An aviation tire including, a pair of side walls, the side walls having an outer surface, a tread portion spanning a radial outer extremity of the side walls, and a rotating assembly formed on the side wall or the tread portion, the rotating assembly having an incre... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6983781 | Pneumatic tire A pneumatic tire includes a sidewall surface with serrated portions, each of the serrated portions being formed by aligning numerous serrated concavo-convex stripes thereon, the serrated portions being spirally arranged along a circumferential direction of the tire.... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6955782 | Method of molding a tire and mold therefor A tire molding method as disclosed wherein a segmented mold (2) has lugs (40) in the shoulder regions of the segments (4) with complimentary lug extensions (30) in the sidewall forming annular rings (6,8). The lug extensions (30... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6942476 | Method and apparatus for changing tire identification means via magnetic inserts The present invention comprises a mold having a wall with a recess defined therein and magnetic means, wherein an associated insert is adapted to be selectively held within the recess via the magnetic means, such that the insert is substantially flush with the wall.... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6941990 | Off-road tires having sidewall anti-puncture pads Pneumatic off-road tires having structure for improving sidewall puncture resistance to penetrating objects. The structure may include multiple deflection pads arranged concentrically about the sidewall or a single deflection pad extending in a spiral about the side... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6920906 | Pneumatic tire with sidewall projections A pneumatic tire has an aggressive tread pattern for use on both on-road and off-road vehicles having at least a pair of intermediate ribs and a pair of shoulder ribs providing the ground engaging tread lugs. A plurality of circumferentially extending lug groups are... | 07/26/2005 |
